New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s meeting in Hangzhou, China opened on Monday with reports that US has withdrawn from the seventh assessment cycle presently underway. With the Trump administration announcing its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, its absence in Hangzhou suggests that the US could withdraw from the UN Climate Convention itself.
IPCC, the main UN body for assessing the science related to climate change represented by hundreds of leading scientists globally, did not comment on US's withdrawal immediately.
IPCC's communication team responding to a query from HT on how the US absence would impact progress of IPCC's work, said: "All 195 IPCC member countries receive invitations to IP...